Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the Israeli sage who founded the Sephardic Orthodox Shas political party and exercised major influence on Jewish law, died Monday in Jerusalem at the age of 93. TEL AVIV (JTA ...

Israeli Sephardic leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef in ... The American Jewish Committee condemned the rabbi’s remarks in a statement issued Monday. "Rabbi Yosef’s remarks — suggesting outrageously ...

In our generation, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the leading Sephardic ... the Jewishness of Bete Israel. Later, the Rebbe was asked directly by Chabad emissaries to issue a ruling on the Jewishness of ...

requiring Rabbi Yosef to issue a public apology both in writing and during his weekly class. Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, grandson of former Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. (photo credit: MAARIV) Following a ...

Rabbi David Yosef, 67, is the son of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef and was elected to his position two months ago. At the beginning of last month, Rabbi David Yosef visited Joseph's Tomb in Shechem.

Rabbi Yaakov Sinai, grandson of Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, spoke out on behalf of a dear friend who is fighting a terminal illness.